Neal Burdick is a North Country native and a Canton resident since 1977. He is an SLU alumnus and a retired University writer/editor. He also has been the editor of Adirondack Mountain Club magazine since 1985; editor or co-editor of numerous regional books and anthologies; book reviewer for Adirondack Explorer; regular columnist for NNY Living magazine; published author of more than 570 articles, reviews, essays, poems, book introductions, etc.